What is CVE-2020-4740?

CVE-2020-4740 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Infosphere Information Server, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.2/10. Published 2020-10-12.

How severe is CVE-2020-4740?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.2 out of 10.

XSS in IBM Infosphere Information Server

CVE-2020-4740

IBM InfoSphere Information Server 11.5 and 11.7 is vulnerable to HTML injection. A remote attacker could inject malicious HTML code, which when viewed, would be executed in the victim's Web browser within the security context of the hosting site. IBM X-Force ID: 188150.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.007 (48.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.2 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Ibm Infosphere Information Server — versions 11.5, 11.7
Ibm Infosphere_information_server — versions 11.5, 11.7

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

psirt@us.ibm.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
psirt@us.ibm.com (VDB Entry, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory, x_refsource_XF)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-4740?: CVE-2020-4740 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Infosphere Information Server, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.2/10. Published 2020-10-12.
How severe is CVE-2020-4740?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.2 out of 10.